Analysis of Nearer, my God, to Thee.

Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross
  That raiseth me:
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God! to Thee,
  Nearer to Thee.

Though, like the wanderer,
 The sun gone down,
  Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone;
  Yet in my dreams I'd be
  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.

Then let the way appear
Steps unto heaven;
   All that Thou sendest me
In mercy given:
   Angels to beckon me
   Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.

Then with my waking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise,
   Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
   So by my woes to be
   Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.

Or if on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky,
   Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I fly:
   Still all my song shall be,
   Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.